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The role of transnational value chains in regional innovation. Analysis of Central and Eastern European regions engaged in automotive and electronics production networks : doctoral dissertation
Cristian Gangaliuc, 2022, doctoral dissertation

Abstract: The thesis touches on important concepts of innovation and regional development. Their empirical relevance for economic and social growth is a subject of active debate. Studies revealed that interactions have a major impact, de facto, on the capacity to innovate. Diversifying knowledge sources, joint ventures and co-creational practices can explain much of the locational factors and innovation in a-spatial networks. With the rise of globalisation, scholars found that Multinational Corporations and their global production chains are integrating more and more into regions worldwide. They share practices and engage local stakeholders in their innovation projects. This research aims to explore the importance of locational and global factors in this process. The goal is to see how these two forces contribute to innovation separately and when intertwined regionally, closing the gap between regional and global innovation frameworks. The thesis contributes to science by developing a new synthesis model based on mainstream Innovation theories. It includes the endogenous and exogenous forces that create environmental pressures and opportunities, pushing economic agents to innovate. The central aspect of this model is the acknowledgement of the multiscalar nature of innovation. Local institutions, mindsets and influence from the production chains create conditions and pressures in the network, which motivates companies to innovate. Depending on the local competencies and the needs of production networks, it creates various environments for companies. It is up to enterprises to use created opportunities, which can be local, national or global. Data collected in eight (distinct) regions in Central and Eastern Europe (active in automotive and electronics industries) was used in qualitative and logical analysis to observe patterns in regional behaviour. The results revealed that endogenous and exogenous forces act circumstantially in each region, partially proving all the hypotheses on endogenous and exogenous factors and validating the model. Each region displays different rates of local and regional engagement and, thus, different patterns of innovation, determining their competitive potential. The research also revealed additional factors (e.g., the importance of trust, particularities of information diffusion, etc.) relevant to innovation in Central and Eastern Europe.
Keywords: innovation, regional development, transnational value chains, networks, institutions, cognitive mindset, regional-global co-operation
Published in ReVIS: 25.10.2022; Views: 726; Downloads: 73
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Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development : the European Union and its strategies
2022, scientific monograph

Abstract: The subsequent volume revolves around the Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) as an approach to conceptualisation and operationalisation for the purpose of empirical research. It contributes a new perspective and approach in research on innovation. We believe that SOFIA can have implications for both academic research and practical applications in reshaping the existing instruments and governance arrangements in innovation policy. Whilst aplying SOFIA, we urge researchers to leverage the plurality of different qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches in innovation studies, including less conventional methods, such as QCA (Ragin, 2008). Diligent application of SOFIA can also subsequently lead to the development of high-level theoretical contributions.
Keywords: technological development, innovations, open innovation, innovation 2.0, regional development, technologies, Regional Policy, circular economy, European Union, EU
Published in ReVIS: 12.01.2022; Views: 973; Downloads: 88
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The development of real estate management and infrastructure market in Kosovo : diploma thesis
Drini Grazhdani, 2015, undergraduate thesis

Abstract: On the selected topic of The Development of Real Estate Management and Infrastructure Market in Kosovo, I was mainly focused on explaining how the real estate market developed in Kosovo, what were the challenges and the triggers that contributed to the development of this market. I also used the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) key component of real estate markets frameworks and applied it to Kosovo context as means to evaluate the current state of development of this mark using key principles of this framework and assessing the extent to which these principles have been applied in Kosovo. The thesis gives an elaborated explanation of the real estate market development before and after the war, and particularly the market disruption caused by the Serbian aggression in Kosovo, including the period of the 90’ when the legal framework governing the property transaction between ethnicities was discriminatory. The thesis looks at the rules and functions that govern the real estate market and explains how these functions were developed in the past 15 years – the post war period in Kosovo.
Keywords: real estate, real estate market, development, real estate recording, register, cadastre, Kosovo
Published in ReVIS: 14.01.2020; Views: 1648; Downloads: 9
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